We did it. We finally put our spiffy new video camera to use today at the Tortilla Factory in Herndon, VA. We scored a couple of things. First is a nice two song set from Peter Cooper and Eric Brace. Those two have just collaborated on a new album called You Don't Have to Like Them Both. After that, we were able to catch up with Aussie Audrey Auld, who did an interview with Jessie Scott.

 As you can see from the pic, the room was absolutely packed to the gills with fans. So much so, that it was a struggle for us to find a place to sit with the camera. We were able to get some pretty cool angles, but it came at the expense of the waitstaff. We literally blocked the passage of drinks for two songs by clogging the only accessible path with our equipment. I apologize for a few delayed drinks, because I know how important it is to drink beer and margaritas on a Sunday afternoon!

We'll have the videos up tomorrow so check back for that here or on our YouTube channel.

-Ben Krech

Alright, so I'm laid up with a bad back from sneezing from a sinus infection and I got up real early this morning to take some more drugs and turned my phone on to check email or Facebook or something. Twenty minutes later, the phone rings, and I am talking EARLY - 6:21 am early, and the area code says Oklahoma, so I answer it...it's the Cross Canadian folks checking in from the bus. Actually they were just going to leave me a message, but I surprised them by answering.

They were stoked after two kick ass nights in Kansas and they are heading to Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa tonight. We had a giggly, if hazy, conversation...and one thing I remember from it, is that they will be heading into the studio in LA at the end of March to cut a new album. Ya know, when we hooked up with Cody at Steamboat, he played a couple of new songs for us. Here's one of them...wonder if this might make it onto the new CD...

Cody Canada @ Steamboat Song 1

-Jessie Scott

[photo courtesy Jeff Dykhuis of AMP]